Before I knew that I was working as a fundraiser in a teaching hospital (my title was Asst. Administrator of Pediatrics), I was invited to participate in the execution of several special events. In a usual week, the majority of my time was spent working with doctors and researchers to complete applications for federal research funding (stay tuned for a scintillating blog post on indirect costs in NIH grants). But across several months there was a flurry of events and I got to